I agree, Moose. But, with today's locked gates at even small airports, I
wasn't in a position to cross the fence and road to shoot it with the 14mm
end. Maybe on another day........... ;~)
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: CU Building / Distortion Check
> On 4/10/2013 12:34 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> ... I concluded this was an ideal time to check for distortion in the
>> images, though, admittedly, at the long end, 54mm. I pulled up the
>> distortion grid in PSE 11, and found nothing to correct. The lines were,
>> to my eyes (can't say about Moose's eyes), perfectly square. Though it
>> has been around a while, I find this lens/camera combination to be a
>> pleasure with which to work.
>>
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=4312
>
> The original 14-54 is relatively large and heavy because it was designed
> as a highish end, low compromise lens. Oly
> didn't want a mediocre lens, like the kit zooms on standard DSLRs, to
> prevent their new format from looking good, so
> their first kit lens was a step or two above.
>
> There is generally little linear distortion at the long end of low focal
> length range zooms anyway. So I would expect
> exactly what you found.
>
> Arrow Straight Moose
>
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